Chapter 677 Uchiha and the Snake

The sun was setting, and the distant sky was covered with a brilliant sunset glow. It was dusk, and a group of people came to a side door in Konoha, which was guarded by Anbe himself, and gathered here quickly.

Because it was under the guise of coming to Konoha to participate in the Chunin Exam Conference, the support teams of Yun Yin and Sand Yin were easily mixed in under Konoha's arrangement.

The person in charge of Yunyin Village is a strong man with dark skin and white hair. His bangs on the left cover his eyes, and he scratches his head from time to time, which makes people feel the decadence from the inside out.

This man is none other than Kamoin's Jonin Darui, the fourth Raikage's right-hand man, and his weight is no worse than the fourth Raikage's secretary Azabui.

There is only one main text and one main martial arts. The two focus on completely different aspects, but they are undoubtedly the backbone of Yunyin.

Behind him, there were two Anbu teams of Yun Yin, and together with the leader Darui, Yun Yin sent a total of nine ninjas over, of which seven were the top ninjas and two were the best of the middle ninjas, with special abilities. It can be said that no one is mediocre, which shows how much Yunyin attaches great importance to this cooperation with Konoha.

Sand Yin sent over the scorching escape ninja Hakura, followed by a dozen of Sand Yin's elite ninjas, including several powerful jounin.

The same idea as Yunyin, Sayin also attaches great importance to this cooperation. They hope to find the stolen one tail through the line of Orochimaru, and take it back from the enemy.

As the leading party, Konoha naturally had the most people participating in this special operation.

The seventh squad includes four people including Naruto, and the eighth squad is in charge of tracking and finding the enemy's position. Except for the guide Kamiyuhiko who did not come, the other three all gathered in the team.

In addition, there are four members of the Kai team, and two Anbu teams.

The total number of people mobilized by Konoha is 19, which is the most mobilized in Ninja Village among the three villages. If you count Jiraiya who is still in charge of monitoring work ahead, there are exactly twenty people.

"In other words, Konoha's Sannin will also join the action, right?"

Darui from Hidden Cloud asked before acting.

Tsunade, who called the operatives at the side door, nodded to Darui's question, and responded: "Yes, Jiraiya has already deployed ahead of time, and is monitoring the movement of that stronghold. If there is any news, he will send an envoy to inform you immediately. If possible, I hope you can put aside all prejudices this time and cooperate closely."

As he spoke, Tsunade looked at Darui with inquiring eyes.

As an ally of Konoha, there is no need to worry about Sand Hidden's actions. The only uncertain factor in it is Hidden Cloud.

If it wasn't for Konoha's lack of strength this time, Tsunade would not have invited Yunyin in.

The reason is that Konoha, who has a very bad relationship with Yunyin, really lacks the basis for cooperation with each other.

Darui raised his hand, as if surrendering, and sighed helplessly: "Don't worry, Hokage-sama, this matter is of great importance. Before we came, Raikage asked us to obey all your orders from Konoha. For us, the most important thing is to obtain the movement of Erwei at present. The rest of the grievances will be discussed later."

As long as you can get Erwei's movements during this operation, then it doesn't matter if you follow Konoha's arrangement.

Darui's words imply this.

Seeing that Darui and the Yunyin ninjas subdued, which is also Tsunade's goal, he nodded with some satisfaction.

"Since this is the case, then, we Konoha will be disrespectful to the command right this time."

Darui nodded in agreement.

Yakura of Sand Hidden also had no objection. Originally, Konoha contributed the most in this operation, so he should have the command of this operation. What's more, if the three parties lose the basis for cooperation from the very beginning, there may be huge risks in this operation.

This is what all parties need to consider.

"Grandma Tsunade, are you still okay? My side is fully prepared."

On the other side, Naruto began to call weakly, obviously he couldn't wait to set off.

For him, this time is a race against time.

"Idiot, who do you think allowed this time to join the operation?" Shikamaru next to Tsunade laughed and scolded Naruto, and then advised him: "Although I have said it countless times before, Naruto does not have any right to act privately in this mission. No matter what happens, you must absolutely obey the command of your superior. Otherwise, you will stay in the village for the rest of your life, and don't even think about going out again."

Seeing Shikamaru's serious and earnest face, Naruto also knew that being able to participate in the mission this time was the result of Tsunade's lobbying from many sides.

And the rest of the high-level staff seemed reluctant to let him participate in this mission.

So, Naruto began to nod in a hurry, expressing that he must be serious and obedient, and would not do any unruly actions like the last mission.

"Then, that's all for now, I wish you all the best of luck, let's start taking action."

Following Tsunade, he took a deep breath. After saying this, the space in front of the side door was instantly empty. Dozens of figures flickered and rushed out, and a few leaves were blown down by the strong wind and scattered all over the ground.

"There should be no accidents in this operation, right?"

Shikamaru looked at the direction where Naruto and the others were leaving, and asked.

"If the information is correct, there is no problem, but if the stronghold is a trap, you must consider the consequences of failure. It is precisely because of this that I sent Jiraiya and Kai to prevent such things from happening."

Tsunade said calmly.

Naruto aside, Jiraiya and Kai are the core fighters of the Konoha team in this mission. With these two people around, even if it is a trap, it can ensure that our troops can retreat from the battlefield without letting the enemy take advantage of the loopholes.

"However, I have seen the forbidden technique of the Eight Gates Dunjia. It is necessary to overdraw the body in order to obtain temporary explosive power."

Shikamaru frowned.

Tsunade nodded and said: "That's right, the forbidden technique is a double-edged sword, and you should be cautious when using it. As long as Kai doesn't use the eighth gate, with his current physique, plus the special healing medicine I gave him, it is completely fine."

Writing between the lines reveals the authority and self-confidence in the medical field.

Shikamaru kept silent, just nodded slightly.

"Okay, let's go back. The first test of this year's Chunin Exam will be hosted by you and Temari Sagakushi. Don't mess things up."

Tsunade turned around, patted Shikamaru's thin but extremely strong shoulder, and joked.

"Don't ask me to do such troublesome things... Really."

Especially when working with women, Shikamaru can predict the gloomy days of the next month just by thinking about it.

However, Shikamaru only talked about it, but he had already paid 120% of his attention in his heart, and decided to run the first assessment of this Chunin Exam.

Complain when it's time to complain, and be serious when it's time to be serious. This is his minimum requirement for himself.

'Be careful, Naruto, don't be reluctant to attack Sasuke when you meet Sasuke' He silently blessed this sentence from the bottom of his heart, his eyes no longer missed the whereabouts of Naruto and others, he raised his footsteps and followed Tsunade to leave.

A group of people quickly shuttled through the forest. Since they set off at dusk, even though the sky was about to darken, everyone was still full of energy, struggling to take steps, and galloped towards the direction of Tian Zhiguo.

According to the itinerary they made, there is no rest time when they arrive at the Oshemaru stronghold on the western border of Tanokuni.

Strive to arrive at the destination before sunset the next day, surround the destination base, capture Orochimaru, an important source of information, and torture him to obtain the whereabouts of the stolen tailed beast.

Therefore, whether it was Konoha who took the lead, or Yun Yin and Sha Yin who assisted Konoha in his actions, they all started to gallop forward with sufficient strength, and were prepared to have no rest time for the next 24 hours.

"Mr. Darui, Ms. Hakura, this is information about Orochimaru, Uchiha Sasuke, and Hatake Kakashi, because in this mission, these three people are likely to be dealt with. Please confirm again as soon as possible to see if there is any error with what you have learned before."

As the captain of this action force, Tianzang also felt the pressure. He took out the two intelligence documents he had prepared and handed them to Darui and Ye Cang while running, asking them to confirm the authenticity of the information again.

Darui and Ye Cang did not refuse, and maintained a sprinting posture. At the same time, they began to check the intelligence documents in their hands, and whether the intelligence information recorded on them was correct.

"No, it's exactly the same as what we learned before. However, I remember that Hatake Kakashi didn't seem to be mentioned in the previous plan."

Darui asked out the doubts in his heart.

Tenzo nodded and replied: "That's because Jiraiya, who is in charge of monitoring the movement ahead, only confirmed the location of Orochimaru and Uchiha Sasuke, and the whereabouts of Hatake Kakashi has not been confirmed."

"That is to say, it is possible that the other party is in that base, or it is impossible not to be in that base?"

Ye Cang asked.

"Yes, and because of this, we have to prepare for the worst. After all, the source of intelligence is a member of that organization. Whether this is a trap designed for us is unknown. Since we can't scare the snake, we dare not go deep alone, for fear of being alerted by Orochimaru."

Tianzang explained.

"It's right to be cautious. Rather than acting recklessly, this action should be more cautious. Even if you want to scare the enemy, you have to wait for us to pass." Darui agreed with this statement, and then a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "However, there are so many of us, most of whom are Junin, even if there are traps there, it is not a worry."

Regarding the information held by Orochimaru, he is bound to get it.

Moreover, the three ninja villages unite to mobilize so many elite ninjas at once, and one Orochimaru can't make any trouble at all.

Naruto was silently listening to the communication of these people, but his mind was no longer here.

Instead, looking at the gradually dimming sky in the distance, his eyes flickered, as if he also remembered something.

Sasuke

Subconsciously, Naruto clenched his fists, and the figure galloped out like a charge, following the large army.

The next day, it was close to noon.

After Sasuke finished his morning training, he came to a natural pool as usual, unbuttoned his shirt, exposed his strong upper body, walked under the waterfall, and washed his body with warm water that had been illuminated by the sun.

I saw Sasuke standing still under the waterfall. The torrent of the waterfall, which could wash away the rocks, rushed down, but failed to shake Sasuke's body. Instead, when the torrent fell on Sasuke, crystal water droplets kept splashing out.

The black hair was also completely wet by the water flow, the pleasant coolness, and the faint warmth when the sun shone down, made Sasuke feel that the weather today is very good, making people want to settle down and take a short lunch break to wash away fatigue.

But Sasuke knew that now was far from the time to rest.

He still has a lot of things to do on his body, even if he wants to relax himself completely, he has to do it after finishing these things.

"Is it Shigego?"

Sasuke, who was facing the waterfall, used the water of the waterfall to wash his body, and when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching behind him, he asked a question.

"It's me, Sasuke-sama."

It wasn't Chongwu's voice, but a girl's voice with the same respect and strange emotions.

She stood on the periphery of the pool, her black and white pupils stared at Sasuke's exposed back, and she turned her gaze away with a slight blushing.

The long hair that hangs down is like a crimson fire.

"It's you, Tayuya, have you returned yet? That is to say, the task entrusted to you four has been completed, right?"

Sasuke hummed lightly, without turning around, still talking to the girl with his back turned.

As Orochimaru's absence, the acting leader of the four, Sasuke has the power of life and death over the four of Otogakure.

In this Yinyin Village, only Tayuya and the group of Yinyin ninjas who can master the second state of the spell seal and will not be deprived of reason can enter his eyes.

The rest of the Otogakure ninjas who had been imprinted with curses, although some of them were really good in strength, might have burned their brains while the curses enhanced their strength. Naturally, Sasuke would not take a second look at these incomplete products.

The reason why Sasuke looked at the four of them differently was because Sasuke wanted to form a trusted army of his own.

In many cases, ninjas cannot survive alone.

The reason why his strength has improved rapidly in Orochimaru these years is that, in addition to the various resources provided by Oroshemaru and the cultivation method of immortality obtained from the kingdom of ghosts, part of the reason is that there are many people behind him, preparing all the logistical work for him.

Travel expenses, maintenance and replacement of ninja equipment, all the basic necessities of life do not require him to do it himself, which saves a considerable amount of time.

For him, the group of four means this.

If there are any cumbersome tasks that are inconvenient to complete by yourself, or time-consuming errand tasks, just leave them to them.

With these support staff, he can plunge into cultivation without hesitation, become stronger without distraction, and not be troubled by trivial matters.

"Yes, Master Sasuke, our task of suppressing the riot stronghold has been completed."

Tayuya answered.

"Thank you for your hard work. Is there anything else?"

Sasuke asked lightly.

Tayu also hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Master Oshemaru just now ordered you to go to the laboratory to find him. It seems that there is something important to discuss with you."

"Is that guy back? I see."

Sasuke paused, and continued to answer in an indifferent tone.

Thus, the dark and deep pupils were suddenly dyed crimson red, and three black and mysterious gouyu emerged, turning slightly in the eyes.

Removing his body from the waterfall, Sasuke walked naturally on the surface of the pool with his feet, taking no time to rush.

When he walked to Tayuya, Tayuya felt a rush of heat from Sasuke, as if his whole body had become a sun that continuously released heat, and the surrounding air was bent and deformed by this terrifying heat.

Tayu also felt the masculine ferocity coming towards his face, and seeing Sasuke's upper body that was still exposed and unclothed up close, his face turned even redder, and he lowered his head quietly.

Under the heat, the wet clothes on Sasuke's body were dried, and then he casually put the clothes on his body.

"Sasuke-sama..."

When Sasuke was about to continue to lift his foot to leave, Tayuya's voice came from the side.

"What's up?"

"If you can, you should leave here as soon as possible, gentle as you are not suitable for this kind of place, Mr. Orochimaru actually has been..."

Always

Such words could not be continued from Tayuya's mouth, she just lowered her head, like a child who made a mistake, not daring to raise her head and look at Sasuke.

Sasuke glanced at Tayuya's lowered body with Sharingan, unable to see what he was thinking at this time, turned his head, without saying a word, and stepped out firmly.

In his own pharmacy, after being transferred to the stronghold here, he has been doing the work of dispensing medicines, preparing for some special experimental subjects in this stronghold.

While the curse seal brings power, it is also accompanied by the risk that people will lose their rationality if they are uncontrollable after the power explodes.

And his job is to use the new drugs developed as much as possible to stabilize the emotions of these special experimental subjects, help them control the power of the curse seal, and expand the number of collections in Dashewan's hands.

Although these collectibles are just toys for ninjas like Orochimaru to play with in their spare time, they can also play a very good role if they are used as cannon fodder at critical moments.

After all, if you want to expand the scale of Yinyin Village and collect more information and resources, you cannot do without the support of many people and groups.

Even a researcher as strong as Orochimaru needs the help of others to gain a foothold.

Once a person is lost, it is tantamount to losing eyes and ears, hearing outside voices, and not knowing what is going on outside. This is a very dangerous thing for a traitor who is wanted by a big country.

Skillfully put the medicinal herbs in the bowl, then grind and pulverize them, put down the bowl in his hand, walk out of the side shelf, take out the unopened medicinal herbs wrapped in kraft paper, and continue to grind and pulverize them in the same way.

Although the work in hand was proceeding in an orderly manner, Dou's ears were always pricked up, listening to the movement outside the pharmacy.

According to what he knows, Orochimaru came back two hours ago.

And Orochimaru's return to this stronghold means that he is fully prepared-ready to plunder Sasuke's body.

Once Sasuke's body is plundered by Orochimaru, whether it is blood succession limit boundary or senjutsu, everything will become the property of Oroshemaru.

So far, all the efforts Sasuke has made, all the life he has lived, will be turned into meaningless bubbles, just to make a wedding dress for Orochimaru.

While grinding medicinal materials, listen to the world outside the pharmacy.

According to Dou's understanding of Orochimaru, he devoured Sasuke's body either today or tomorrow.

Oshemaru is a patient person, but at the same time, he is also a very patient person. Especially at this time, it is estimated that it will be difficult to control the restlessness in my heart, and I will eagerly swallow everything Sasuke has.

"It's just that, who will be the ultimate winner?"

No one can answer this answer, Dou twittered, and then laughed dumbly, shook his head, and concentrated on the work in front of him.

Cold.

Before pushing open the door of the laboratory where Orochimaru was located, Sasuke felt the biting coldness from the cold door.

As Sasuke stretched out his hand, the door of the laboratory opened a small gap, revealing the bright yellow and slightly dim lights inside the laboratory, full of decay.

Following a strong push, the door of the laboratory was completely opened, and Sasuke stepped forward in a dignified and steady manner, and walked into the laboratory.

It was cold, and there was a smell of disinfectant water similar to that of a ward, which immediately filled Sasuke's nasal cavity.

After entering, Sasuke discovered that the space of this laboratory is very wide, and the aisle in the middle is more than ten meters wide, enough for more than a dozen people to walk side by side without being crowded.

There are a large number of floor-standing cultivation devices on both sides. Through the glass of the device, you can see the miserable green liquid with bubbles inside, and all kinds of twisted and weird huge creatures soaked in the liquid.

At the first glance, Sasuke couldn't call out the names of these weird creatures, and even in the biological map, he had never seen similar creatures.

"Synthetic beast? It's still a bad taste as always, and let me watch such a dirty thing."

Sasuke frowned, his tone mixed with a touch of disgust.

These synthetic beasts, from the physiological state, make people feel extremely uncomfortable, not to mention the fact that they are still alive, it makes people feel even more nauseated and want to vomit.

Standing in the center of the aisle, Sasuke withdrew his gaze from the synthetic beast in the training device, scanned the surrounding environment, but did not see Orochimaru, and there was no place to hide here either.

Facing Orochimaru's hide-and-seek pretending to be mysterious, Sasuke frowned deeper, and said in dissatisfaction, "Oshemaru, come out, I'm already here."

There was no response, the aisle in the space was still empty, only the echo of Sasuke came.

Sasuke snorted softly, and was about to lift his foot to continue walking, when suddenly

Boom!

The sound erupted from deep underground.

The ominous sound of the ground breaking caused the entire building to vibrate, causing the surrounding wall panels to groan, and a horrifying huge crack appeared under Sasuke's feet, and the inside was pitch black and bottomless.

Hiss.

The giant snake spat out a letter, and its huge eyes that were smoldering with blood, poked out its head from the crack in the darkness. This huge monster from the darkness suddenly tore open its **** mouth, aimed at Sasuke's body, and culled it out of the darkness.

(PS: I made a mistake before, the country of Tian and the country of Taki do not border, here is changed to the western border of the country of Tian, near the country of iron...)

(end of this chapter)